FYI all - I sent my Gingher pinking shears in to their repair service on July
30 and the postmark on the return package says August 9. Fast service and they
cut like a dream again! Highly recommended if you have Ginghers that need a
little fixing up.
Best,
Martha
This too is how I do all my shears - they are fab!!
Sg
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Martha Sieting oserm...@msu.edu wrote:
FYI all - I sent my Gingher pinking shears in to their repair service on
July 30 and the postmark on the return package says August 9. Fast service
and they cut
Hm. It took me 3 tries to get my pinking shears working properly after sending
them to Gingher to get sharpened. I feel like they only tested on something
crisp, and I needed it to cut through lightweight silk charmeuse to finish the
edges. They eventually got it right after I sent samples
Truth be told, I don't like their pinking shears much but after failing to find
nyone to sharpen other brands I've liked better, I've had to resolve myself to
hem.
I'm left-handed and, to my knowledge, Ginghers is the only brand that reverses
the blades, not just the grips. But my Ginghers
Does anyone on this list know anything about a company called Prints George,
that marketed CD-roms of mainly Regency-era fashion plates, magazines, and the
like? I bought a couple of CDs in 2007, and found a copy of my invoice, which
indicates they were in business since 1998, but there is no
Does anyone have a source for bolo tips? I put them on the ends of
cording I use in my corsets. They look great that way. Hobby Lobby
doesn't carry them anymore.

Sylvia Rognstad
Costume/clothing design construction
Alterations home dec
http://www.ezzyworld.com
Shipwreck Beads carries them. Do a search for them.
Melusine
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Fire Mountain beads and Shipwrecked beads
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Does anyone have
Franchesca, how lucky you were able to see the gowns. I would love to see
them myself and anything from the movie. I have tried to attend any exibit
when it'e close by.
Sidney
The curtain dress and the red dress are my two favorites.
Scarlett
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Are bolo tips the same thing as decorative aglets? I found these:
http://www.brazenbutton.com/index.php?main_page=indexcPath=26_32zenid=2a0a7f6423d2fd013026198ddb59dc35
and these:
http://www.tlbarnes.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=1P_ID=186strPageHistory=catstrKeywords=SearchFor=PT_ID=53
Lacis, in Berkley, CA. They have a website, I believe.
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